Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. Where the intent of the author is ambiguous, a suggested re-reading is provided here, and the text itself is merely annotated. The references are to the page and line in the original. Entries with three numbers refer to the page, the footnote (as resequenced), and the line within the footnote. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.
| [ii.3] | Published in the Uni[t]ed States | Added, |
| [12.24] | Two San Francis[c]o-area authors, | Added. |
| [24.8] | [“]The “B” drive is my data disk | Removed. |
| [24.24] | floppy disk | Removed. |
| [30.35] | the very same writer who had le[a]d the cheering | Removed. |
| [31.2] | was no match for some more expensive machines[’]. | Removed. |
| [50.20] | wanted to do.[”] | Added. |
| [50.21] | and others unfamiliar with computer arcana. | Removed. |
| [52.13] | Then again, your boss may ba[l/w]l you out | Replaced. |
| [52.27] | m[e/o]re programmers are writing | Replaced. |
| [53.44] | WordStar as a programming aid[e] to write WordStar. | Removed. |
| [56.31] | to have a manual.[”] | Added. |
| [70.42] | [“]The user needs to know | Added. |
| [71.25.1] | account of Sele[k/c]t’s capital shortage | Replaced. |
| [88.31] | have to go through unwield[l]y computer rigamarole | Removed. |
| [89.33] | Symphony, for instance[,] lets you flush out formulas | Added. |
| [90.12] | and it did [“]all the basic search and sorting | Removed. |
| [94.1] | Turn onto Cary Avenue. Follow [M/C]ary | Replaced. |
| [101.39] | the data base grew too unwield[l]y | Removed. |
| [104.9] | was as badly botched as its hardware[.] | Added. |
| [117.8] | said Bill Scrivo[,] an ex-managing editor. | Added. |
| [120.24] | have microprocessors in them.[”] | Added. |
| [136.36] | How much more can they push them[./?] | Replaced. |
| [138.20] | and the same breaks [e]very hour for workers | Added. |
| [148.40] | Angle between upper and low[er] arms: | Added. |
| [150.8] | particularly effective on a numer of newspapers. | Added. |
| [161.22] | A second failing of electroluminescent screen | Added. |
| [166.16] | mainframes are sending electronic copies to | Removed. |
| [170.13] | why not zap [a]way the barriers | Added. |
| [176.4] | but it helps.[”] | Added. |
| [177.12] | Steve Wozniak, the Apple cofounde[e]r | Removed. |
| [188.20] | Your dial-up computer [should] send its name until | sic: should not |
| [194.38] | You can’t afford to have your material stored just [in on] your chip. | sic |
| [204.60.2] | “Rising Trend of Computer Age: Employees Who Work at Home;[”] New York Times | Added. |
| [206.36] | articles sent over the phone lines[?/.] | Replaced. |
| [210.16] | the regular workers cost a[t] least $50.52 a day | Added. |
| [215.1] | A COMPARIS[I]ON OF OFFICE EXPENSES PER WORKER | Removed. |
| [217.25] | establish munytels in poorer neighbor[hood]s>. | Added. |
| [220.72.1] | Nilles’s[;] three-quarters of a billion | Removed. |
| [222.6] | a vivid contrast to be[ ]suited, tied scientists | |
| [222.38] | The Source and a rival network, CompuServe[,] each boast | Added. |
| [223.12] | “You may even want to type ‘Chuckle,’[”] Trudy says, | Added. |
| [225.32] | packet-switching techniques[,] can also increase | Removed. |
| [233.25] | electronic mail can go from [person] to another | sic: one person |
| [241.10] | instead of saying you[r] wanted to reach | Removed. |
| [245.31] | the computers don’t[’] mind being “it” | Removed. |
| [253.9] | “Hey, don’t worry[,/.] You’ll learn it much faster than I did,” | Replaced. |
| [257.15] | to work together via[ by] computer | Redundant. |
| [266.92.1] | Clarke[’s] conjecture about | Added. |
| [267.95.8] | with horrid results, e.g., underlin[in]g to the end of the manuscript!! | Added. |
| [272.9] | from an AC ex[t]ension cord. | Added. |
| [283.2] | Are you pre[p]ared to do your homework? | Added. |
| [259.24] | I hoped that beneficent HALs | Removed. |
| [267.22] | that will be in an attaché case.[’]” | Removed. |
| [290.27] | will proably quit then | Added. |
| [292.29] | are damaged by | sic: a floppy drive in the machine (?) |
| [295.19] | so thermal printers were also out of the run[n]ing for me. | Added. |
| [347.5] | the mouse-equipped Macintosh for “na[i/ï]ve users.” | Replaced. |
| [348.6] | is found most often in arcade-style [styles]. | sic |
| [350.20] | transmitted information at 300 baud | Removed. |
| [353.14] | An issue more basic than control characters i[n/s] whether | Replaced. |
| [353.19] | You can send at 4,800 baud | Removed. |
| [379.1] | Perfect Fil[l]er, 324-27 | Added. |